I was fortunate enough to be invited on to Episode 347 of the Linux
Action Show to
talk a little about MATE Desktop, where it came from and where it is headed.
The interview with me is embedded below.

I wasn’t able to cover all the development objectives of MATE 1.10 in the time
available so I recommend you take a look at the MATE Roadmap
for a complete overview. If you should have any additional questions, or would
like to contribute to the project, then we look forward to chatting with
you in the #mate IRC channel or
reviewing your pull-requests on GitHub.

Jupiter Broadcasting produce a number of
weekly videocasts and podcasts mostly oriented around FLOSS. Take a look, you
may find something that interests you.